Starting a new build

Awesome, thank you! These are the exact components I have been looking at.

What setup are you guys running? I saw a few videos on YouTube, but not sure whose they are. I want to have everything assembled, wired, and functioning off of the truck before I start taking parts off of the engine. All of the components for the swap are off the shelf parts, except for the elbow from the exhaust outlet to the existing downpipe. That can’t really be fabbed until the exhaust housing is on the manifold so I can get measurements.

My youtube username is Rx7man as well.. don't have any video of just the setup, only of it in action. VGT turbo on the factory application has about a 45* elbow on it, if you have it it might make fabbing the downpipe a bit easier.. I didn't have it when I built mine so I used 4" mandrel bend and welded it together

Unfortunately, it didn't come with the elbow. I have already sourced a V-band flange for the turbine outlet, and the ID will fit a 3.5" pipe. I also already have a 3" aftermarket downpipe and 4" exhaust in the truck with the stock turbo, so it will be measuring and fabricating the 90 degree turn for the 3.5" pipe down from the new outlet flange, then adapting that to the existing 3" pipe V-band flange.

I hope everything lines up straight and after a few quick measurements and fitments it will be done. Although I’m expecting to have to angle the new elbow toward the passenger side, then bend or angle cut it and weld the flange on parallel to where the downpipe is.

Well that's a pretty cool little module! I'm not opposed to a little more cost for an all-in-one solution. I still need to either add and FTDI board for programming, or establish a UART connection with the Uno too. I wonder if I can incorporate an RJ45 plug on both ends and use a Cat5e cable for the interconnect? 8 wires, use 1 pair for 5V VCC and a ground to power the board, 2 wires (1 pair) for the UART, 2 wires (1 pair) for the CAN high and low. Will the same 5v be enough to power the LCD as well? Or should I pass another power and ground up for that? The I2C bus between the LCD and Mini will be internal to that device.

I figure that we use power over Ethernet to run our office phones, it should be able to handle at least that much. The RJ45 interface would just be an easy connection and cheap cable to route. I actually have an FTDI chip that I use to talk to the PCM in my 1990 Chevy truck so I can datalog and tune the 383 in it. I do need a much better soldering iron too. The cheap Welder ones would probably nuke anything they touch.

as with anything from China, buy it long before you need it.. shipping times can be horrid.. but when I looked for comparable soldering irons here, even made in China, I was looking at double the price to start.

I’ve learned my lesson with items from China long ago... I look at the item origin before I bid and make sure it’s a seller from the US before bidding/buying anything. I don’t care if the sale price is higher, I’d rather not deal with that “slow boat from China” than pay a few more dollars.

I ordered the controller parts today, grabbed an Ard Uno, CAN shield, Thermocouple Amp, Voltage Regulator, Ard Pro Mini, and Mini CAN board from Amazon. I got a 20x4 LCD from Crystalfontz.com also. I'll get an EGT probe and boost pressure sensors later. It will be a good test for me just to get the controller talking to the actuator and the LCD.